AMERICAN HISTORY

CURRENT EVENTS

ECONOMICS

GEOGRAPHY

WORLD HISTORY

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS

LARRY FERLAZZO'S BEST SITES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

PLAYING HISTORY is a collection of more than 100 games related to topics in US and World History as well as civics and geography.

HISTORY MYSTERY Research to find the answers to the History Mysteries. There are games for US and World history

GOOGLE BOOKS Google has scanned thousands of books and documents and put them online in the public domain-great for history and research

DIGITAL HISTORY

ZIP SKINNY Type in any zip code in the US and get data from the latest census

MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM LINKS
TRIPLINE: MAP AND SHARE HISTORIC ADVENTURES
SCORE HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE LESSONS

AMERICAN DYNASTIES Step into history in these interactive games

TUTORIAL: HOW TO CREATE HISTORICAL CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES

THREE WAYS TO CREATE FAKE FACEBOOK PAGES FOR HISTORICAL CHARACTERS

PINTEREST BOARDS FOR HISTORY BUFFS

7 USEFUL YOUTUBE CHANNELS FOR HISTORY TEACHERS

FAKEBOOK Students can create a fake facebook page for a book character or historical figure

MAPS OF WAR List of multimedia maps

POLITICAL CARTOONS

IWITNESS Stories of survivors

HISTORY WORLD Search for timelines of any period in history

HISTORICAL SCENES INVESTIGATION

WORLD WONDERS A new tool by Google

INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHICS

DO HISTORY Toolkit for doing historical research

8 STEPS OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH

WHY HISTORICAL THINKING MATTERS

SOPHIA SOCIAL STUDIES TUTORIALS

MY HISTRO Create interactive timelines connected to maps

ZEEMAPS Create your own interactive maps

YOUTUBE TIME MACHINE Select a year and view videos from that year

GOOGLE WORLD WONDERS PROJECT A multimedia encyclopedia of 132 historic and notable sites around the world

PRECEDEN TIMELINE MAKER

PAST/PRESENT A free interactive game for learning about history

TOMORROW'S WORLD Look ahead to what the future holds according to thinkers, scientists and pundits. Great infographics

KNOEMA Knoema offers data maps and charts for almost every country in the world.

HISTORIC TIME MACHINE Pick a year and travel through time

GAPMINDER Statistics around the world

MAPSTORY Create mapped displays of data sets

FACEBOOK TEMPLATES FOR YOUR CLASS Have your students create a fake facebook page for a famous person

USING THE WEB AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIAL STUDIES

18 GOOGLE EARTH AND MAPS LESSONS

SOCIAL STUDIES TED ED VIDEOS

ENERCITIES Build your own sustainable cities

NUSKOOL Uses pop culture to enhance learning
FAKE FACEBOOK AND SMS SITES
NEWSEUM Digital museum